Express and Represent

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Express

Express verb - To communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind.

Usage example: an upraised thumb is now universally recognized as a gesture expressing approval or encouragement

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Represent is a synonym for express in exhibit topic. In some cases you can use "Represent" instead a verb "Express", when it comes to topics like show, articulate.

Nearby Words: expression, expressive, expressed, expressly, expressing

Represent

Represent verb - Serve as a means of expressing something.

Usage example: The flower represents a young girl

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Express is a synonym for represent in depict topic. You can use "Express" instead a verb "Represent", if it concerns topics such as exhibit, show, symbolize.

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love	express love	represent love
desire	express desire	represent desire
power	express power	represent power
kind	express kind	represent kind
Other words: fear, sort, way, side, feelings, emotions, thoughts, ideas, views, concepts.

Both words in one sentence

The emotions of Inside Out are great at making Riley express the emotions they represent... but are incapable of making her express other emotions.

Source: Crippling Overspecialization
Kissing Discretion Shot: Between Kouta and Haruka, perhaps to represent how her motivations to express her feelings were "tainted," in a sense by Nozomi.

Source: Manga / Otaku no Musume-san

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